Internet Commerce

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December 2005

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Recent Developments

• eBay Acquires Skype
• Google Moves Toward Free Wireless Broadband
• TV Moves Toward the Internet
• "Tagging" Creates a More Sociable Internet

Updates

Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• The Commercial Process
• Pretransaction Technologies: Promotion and Selection
• Transaction Technologies: Ordering and Payment
• Posttransaction Technologies: Delivery and Support

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Consortia
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Required Resources
• Regulatory Climate

Areas to Monitor

• Payment and Security Systems
• Increased Web Access and the Evolution of the Web Audience
• Video Streaming
• Advertising Technology and Effectiveness
• Standards
• Regulation
• Back-Office Software Systems
• Timing

Implications of Commercialization

Market Development

Applications

• Direct Connection Between Buyer and Seller
• Web-Based Superstores and Electronic Shopping Malls
• Online Auctions
• Web-Based Brokerages
• Customer Self-Service
• Gifts
• Hard-to-Find Items
• Big-Ticket Presales
• Software

Players